Convert Korea Standard Time to Eastern Standard Time
Instantly convert Korea Standard Time (KST) to Eastern Standard Time (EST) with our free online calculator.
Korea Standard Time
02:20:52 PM
Wed, Jun 24 (KST)
Eastern Standard Time
12:20:52 AM
Wed, Jun 24 (EST)
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24-Hour Comparison
| KST | EST |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 10:00 AM(-1d) |
| 1:00 AM | 11:00 AM(-1d) |
| 2:00 AM | 12:00 PM(-1d) |
| 3:00 AM | 1:00 PM(-1d) |
| 4:00 AM | 2:00 PM(-1d) |
| 5:00 AM | 3:00 PM(-1d) |
| 6:00 AM | 4:00 PM(-1d) |
| 7:00 AM | 5:00 PM(-1d) |
| 8:00 AM | 6:00 PM(-1d) |
| 9:00 AM | 7:00 PM(-1d) |
| 10:00 AM | 8:00 PM(-1d) |
| 11:00 AM | 9:00 PM(-1d) |
| 12:00 PM | 10:00 PM(-1d) |
| 1:00 PM | 11:00 PM(-1d) |
| 2:00 PM | 12:00 AM |
| 3:00 PM | 1:00 AM |
| 4:00 PM | 2:00 AM |
| 5:00 PM | 3:00 AM |
| 6:00 PM | 4:00 AM |
| 7:00 PM | 5:00 AM |
| 8:00 PM | 6:00 AM |
| 9:00 PM | 7:00 AM |
| 10:00 PM | 8:00 AM |
| 11:00 PM | 9:00 AM |
How to Convert Korea Standard Time to Eastern Standard Time
Formula
To convert Korea Standard Time (KST) to Eastern Standard Time (EST): Convert KST to EST
About Korea Standard Time (KST)
Korea Standard Time (KST, IANA: Asia/Seoul) is the civil time of both the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea — since May 2018 when North Korea reverted to KST from its briefly used Pyongyang Time UTC+8:30 of 2015-2018), set at UTC+9:00 year-round (no DST). South Korea observed Daylight Saving Time briefly in 1948-1951 and again 1987-1988 during the Seoul Olympics (to facilitate evening TV broadcasts to North America), but discontinued it both times. KST is identical in offset to Japan Standard Time (JST), Yakutsk Time, Western Indonesian Time WIT (eastern Indonesia), and Palau Time (PWT) — creating a 'business-friendly' Northeast Asia zone of synchronized financial centers (Seoul-Tokyo). KST serves the Korean Peninsula's approximately 78 million residents (South Korea 52M + North Korea 26M). Major KST cities: Seoul (9.7M city, 25.7M metro — South Korean capital and the world's 5th-largest metro), Busan (3.3M — South Korea's 2nd-largest city + main port), Incheon (3M — Seoul Capital Area, location of Incheon International Airport ICN), Daegu (2.4M), Daejeon (1.5M), Pyongyang (3.2M — North Korean capital), Hamhung (770K — North Korea), Nampo (980K — North Korea). Affects: KRX (Korea Exchange) trading hours, K-pop industry music-release timing, Samsung + LG + Hyundai global headquarters operations.
About Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Eastern Standard Time (EST, IANA: America/New_York, America/Toronto) is the time zone for the US Eastern Seaboard and Canadian eastern provinces, set at UTC-5:00. EST is the most economically and politically significant US time zone, serving the NYC-Washington DC-Boston-Atlanta-Miami corridor of ~150 million people across the entire US Eastern region (New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida except panhandle, Ohio, Kentucky eastern, Tennessee eastern, Indiana most, Michigan most), eastern Canada (Quebec, Ontario), and the Caribbean (Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Panama since 1908). EST observes DST per Energy Policy Act 2005 (switching to EDT = UTC-4:00 from March to November). NYSE official market hours 09:30-16:00 EST/EDT, Wall Street financial reporting, US Federal Government Washington DC working hours, and US Capitol legislative sessions all reference EST/EDT. The historical 'Big Three' US TV-network prime-time was 8-11 PM EST.